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ADELAIDE’S live music industry is
being strangled by overly complex
regulations and expensive fees.
Zac Coligan, owner of the soon-to-
closed The Jade Monkey venue in
Twin Street, said the restrictions would
make finding a new location difficult.
He opened the Jade 10 years ago and
since then the laws have become
much more stringent, he said.
As Indaily reported this week,
Jade Monkey will close in October
because the landlord, Hines
Property group, has decided to
demolish the venue to make way
for a $65 million hotel development
around the corner in Grenfell Street.
“Our concern is relocating, because
that’s what we want to do,” Coligan
told Indaily.
“But it’s going to be difficult for
us to do so. The environment’s
changed and got a lot harder to
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Dying days of
live music in city
A NEW face to front food and wine event
Tasting Australia is still being sought,
almost a year after the State Government
ended its relationship with the event’s
founder Ian Parmenter.
Celebrity chef Parmenter ’s company
Consuming Passions Pty Ltd has run
the biennial event since it created the
concept in 1996.
Early last year Indaily revealed the
State Government was looking at the
“direction of Tasting Australia after the
2012 festival” after its separation from the
Parmenter team.
Then-Tourism minister John Rau told
Indaily the Government was committed
to the event’s future.
But 11 months later, the new direction
remains up in the air.
The 2010 Tasting Australia included more
than 70 events, of which 65 were aimed at
the general public. More than 50,000 people
attended over eight days. READ MORE
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Ian Parmenter
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